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How to restore healthy joints and cut inflammation 4 of 5

By Rick Rakauskas

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This article covers the following points: .. How to restore healthy joints and cut inflammation.

In the last article, one of the key points was:

When muscles along our spine are injured, in many cases the nerve paths to those muscles are NOT restored rapidly. A necessary long-term solution for back pain is to switch the muscles back on so they are in balance on both sides of the spine.

.. How to restore healthy joints and cut inflammation

What Causes Inflammation and Joint Pain? There are many causes of inflammation. Among these, the common causes are undoubtedly related to what you eat (or don’t eat, but should eat), your living and working environment, and the alignment of your joints.

Let’s start with alignment: When bones are out of alignment, be it knee joints, or vertebrae, inflammation can occur due to rubbing of bone on bone. In particular, if your spine has vertebrae not sitting squarely on top of each other, chances are high that inflammation will occur, and with it, back pain.

Your vertebrae may have been moved out of alignment by accidental damage caused by a fall, motor vehicle injury or other mishap, or it may now be happening because of muscle imbalance constantly pulling your spine out of alignment.

That’s why the Better Back system is so heavily focused on re-alignment of the spine and re-balancing of muscles.

Foods can cause allergic or intolerant reactions, often leading to inflammation of joints.

The most common foods which can cause inflammatory reactions include dairy products, wheat, peanuts, and salicylate foods such as tomatoes, capsicums, peppers, olives, berries etc.

It can be quite a complex process to sort out which foods may be causing swelling in joints. Common allergy tests are not yet very accurate and you may need to use a process of elimination and re-introduction to find out for yourself.

For me, when I cut dairy products out of my life many years ago, all my joint pains disappeared within four weeks and have never returned. This may not be useful for you, but I believe it is a good starting point if you are serious about your health.

Common environmental causes are petrochemical reactions from detergents, paints, perfumes, hair sprays, deodorants, pest sprays, etc. Foam mattresses can cause inflammatory reactions in sensitive people.

Some other causes of inflammation can be microbial, viral, fungal or parasitical infections, excessive levels of C-reactive protein (linked to poor diet), and depression which can increase TNF-alpha levels.

As a general statement, a strong immune system is the best barrier to inflammation from infectious sources. A strong immune system is very largely dependent on good nutrition, suitable exercise, and activities such as meditation or relaxation to lower stress levels.

Much of this is outside the scope of the Better Back system and will be dealt with at higher levels of the Better Health system®, which I intend to make a start on in the near future.

In the meantime, to gain a wide understanding of many natural health techniques, particularly nutrition, I urge you to subscribe to www.mercola.com. The subscription is free.

Are There Any Natural Solutions For Inflammation?

In the Better Back system’s 100-page manual, I discuss some natural supplements which have an excellent track record of cutting inflammation in joints.

But I also caution that many of the brands for sale are of dubious quality and advise using only properly tested brands.

I also discuss another, simple solution to adopt as well. This solution involves drinking plenty of good quality water, but it is vital to add something to the water. The substance I recommend adding is generally cheap and very plentiful, but again, must be good quality. There are different qualities available and I tell you how to select the best ones.

Third, I have uncovered and tested a natural product made from tree cells, which can cut joint inflammation very quickly when applied to the skin around the painful area. Beats popping pills.

A useful side effect of this substance is that it also helps heal cuts and burns very quickly.

For those of you who are interested, the product is dimethyl sulfoxide or DMSO. Best used at 70% strength, not 100%. I will include a discussion on DMSO in a future edition of the Better Back system manual.

There are suppliers of DMSO in the US and possibly in the UK, while for Australian clients I can mail out a 200 ml bottle of DMSO for a very reasonable price. Mailing internationally is prohibitive in terms of the cost of delivery versus cost of product. Fourth, I am currently experimenting with another natural product which seems to have some exceptionally powerful properties in cutting inflammation throughout the body. I am unable to reveal this publicly for now.

So there you have it, another reason why you get back pain, and the knowledge to defeat it.

Rick Rakauskas

Rick Rakauskas is a marketer with a keen interest in alternative health methods. Don't let back pain steal the joy of living click on the link now. http://www.fixbackpainnow.com

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